Home >
People >
Sherwood, Henry Garlick

Interim Content

Sherwood, Henry Garlick

Biography

20 Apr. 1785

Rebaptism Record, 1850–1863, 18; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nauvoo Temple, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, Sealings and Adoptions of the Living, 1846–1857, vol. A, p. 493, microfilm 183,374, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Rebaptism Record, 1850–1863, Historian's Office Rebaptism Records, 1848–1876, CHL. CR 100 591

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

–24 Nov. 1867.

Cook, Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 274; Backman, Profile, 61.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Cook, Lyndon W. The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985.

Backman, Milton V., Jr., comp. A Profile of Latter-day Saints of Kirtland, Ohio, and Members of Zion’s Camp, 1830–1839: Vital Statistics and Sources. 2nd ed. Provo, UT: Department of Church History and Doctrine and Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1983.

Surveyor.

Cook, Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 274; 1850 U.S. Census, Great Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory, 108.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Cook, Lyndon W. The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985.

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Born at Kingsbury, Washington Co., New York.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Rebaptism Record, 1850–1863, Historian's Office Rebaptism Records, 1848–1876, CHL. CR 100 591

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Son of Newcomb Sherwood and a woman whose maiden name was Tolman (first name unidentified).

Black and Black, Annotated Record of Baptisms for the Dead, 5:3277; “Sherwood, Henry Garlie,” in Black, Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848, 39:82.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Black, Susan Easton, and Harvey Bischoff Black, eds. Annotated Record of Baptisms for the Dead, 1840–1845: Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois. 7 vols. Provo, UT: Center for Family History and Genealogy, Brigham Young University, 2002.

Black, Susan Easton, comp. Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848. 50 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Department of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University, 1989. Also available as “Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848,” LDS Family History Suite: LDS Vital Records Library, CD-ROM ([Provo], UT: Infobases, Inc., 1996).

Married Polly by 17 May 1823.

Washington Co., NY, Deed Records, 1774–1930, vol. P., pp. 150–151, 17 May 1823, microfilm 553418, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Lived at Bolton, Warren Co., New York, 1830.

1830 U.S. Census, Bolton, Warren Co., NY, 16.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, by Aug. 1832.

Carter, Journal, 115; Cook, Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 274.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Carter, Jared. Journal, 1831–1833. CHL. MS 1441.

Cook, Lyndon W. The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985.

Ordained an elder by Jared and Simeon Carter, Aug. 1832.

Carter, Journal, 115; Cook, Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 274.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Carter, Jared. Journal, 1831–1833. CHL. MS 1441.

Cook, Lyndon W. The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985.

Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, ca. 1834.

Cook, Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 274.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Cook, Lyndon W. The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985.

Appointed to Kirtland high council, by 17 Aug. 1835.

Minutes, 17 Aug. 1835.

Served mission to Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee, 1836.

Henry G. Sherwood, Kirtland, OH, to “Dear Brother,” 1 Aug. 137, LDS Messenger and Advocate, Aug. 1837, 3:549–550.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. Kirtland, OH. Oct. 1834–Sept. 1837.

Stockholder in Kirtland Safety Society.

Kirtland Safety Society Stock Ledger, Chicago Historical Society.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Kirtland Safety Society. Stock Ledger, 1836–1837. Collection of Manuscripts about Mormons, 1832–1954, Chicago History Museum. Copy at CHL.

Migrated to Missouri; located at De Witt, Carroll Co., and then Daviess Co., 1838.

Cook, Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 274.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Cook, Lyndon W. The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985.

Member of committee at Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, to supervise removal of Latter-day Saints from Missouri, Apr. 1839.

Far West Committee, Minutes, 5 Apr. 1839.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Far West Committee. Minutes, Jan.–Apr. 1839. CHL. MS 2564.

Expelled from Missouri and located at Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, 1839.

Cook, Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 274.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Cook, Lyndon W. The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985.

Appointed member of Nauvoo high council, 5 Oct. 1839.

“Proceedings of the General Conference,” Times and Seasons, Dec. 1839, 1:30.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.

Appointed by Nauvoo high council to supervise sale of town lots in Commerce, 21 Oct. 1839.

Nauvoo High Council Minutes, fair copy, 21 Oct. 1839, 26.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Nauvoo High Council Minutes, fair copy / Nauvoo High Council Minutes, Oct. 1839–Dec. 1840. In Oliver Cowdery Diary, Jan.–Mar. 1836. CHL. MS 3429.

Instructed in JS revelation to buy stock for building Nauvoo House, 19 Jan. 1841.

Revelation, 19 Jan. 1841 [D&C 124:56, 60, 81].

Nauvoo city marshal, 1841–1843.

Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 3 Feb. 1841, 1; 11 Feb. 1843, 159; 21 Dec. 1843, 198.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Nauvoo City Council Minute Book / Nauvoo City Council. “A Record of the Proceedings of the City Council of the City of Nauvoo Handcock County, State of Illinois, Commencing A.D. 1841,” ca. 1841–1845. CHL. MS 3435.

Appointed guard in Nauvoo Legion, Mar. 1841.

Militia Returns, Nauvoo Legion, 23 Mar. 1841, Illinois Governor, Military Correspondence, CHL; “The First List of the Officers of the Nauvoo Legion, as Made Out by John C. Bennett. M.Gl,” Nauvoo Legion Files, CHL; Rank Roll of the Nauvoo Legion, ca. May 1842, BYU.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Illinois Governor. Military Correspondence, 1839–1844. Microfilm. CHL. MS 8716.

Nauvoo Legion Records, 1841–1845. CHL. MS 3430.

Rank Roll of the Nauvoo Legion, ca. May–June 1842, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, BYU.

Member of Nauvoo Masonic Lodge.

List of Members, Nauvoo Masonic Lodge Minute Book, 6.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Nauvoo Masonic Lodge Minute Book. / “Record of Na[u]voo Lodge Under Dispensation,” 1842–1846. CHL. MS 3436

Married Jane J. McManagal by 21 Jan. 1846.

Brown, Nauvoo Sealings, Adoptions, and Anointings, 273.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Brown, Lisle G., comp. Nauvoo Sealings, Adoptions, and Anointings: A Comprehensive Register of Persons Receiving LDS Temple Ordinances, 1841–1846. Salt Lake City: Smith-Pettit Foundation, 2006.

Member of Brigham Young pioneer company to Salt Lake Valley, 1847.

“Sherwood, Henry Garlic,” Church History Biographical Database, https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/individual/henry-garlick-sherwood-1785?lang=eng (accessed 6 Sept. 2022).

Comprehensive Works Cited

Pioneer Database, 1847–1868. Compiled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/overlandtravel.

Served colonizing mission to San Bernardino, Los Angeles Co., California, 1852.

Cook, Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 274.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Cook, Lyndon W. The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985.

Returned to Utah Territory, 1855.

Lyman, San Bernardino, 147.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Lyman, Edward Leo San Bernardino: The Rise and Fall of a California Community. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1996.

Became disaffected with church and removed from high priests quorum, 27 Feb. 1856.

Melchizedek Priesthood Minutes, vol. 2, p. 249, in Salt Lake Stake, Melchizedek Priesthood Minutes and Records, 1848–1976, CHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Salt Lake Stake. Melchizedek Priesthood Minutes and Records, 1848–1976. CHL. LR 604 13.

Returned to San Bernardino, where he died.

Cook, Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 274; Backman, Profile, 61.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Cook, Lyndon W. The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985.

Sherwood, Henry Garlick

Biography

Links

Request for Documents